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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 7219778" data-attributes="member: 45197">Hiya!I'll try and make my 2¢ short...First part, it means exactly what it says. There's no way to parse &quot;...circumstances are appropriate for hiding&quot; into any more simpler form. You're asking the same thing as if you asked &quot;...situations are good for making food&quot;. We could break down &quot;situations&quot; (&quot;circumstances&quot;) into a several million point list, and we could break down &quot;good&quot; (&quot;appropriate&quot;) into another several-million point list. But that would be silly. So lets just use the english language and use &quot;circumstances&quot; and &quot;appropriate&quot;. The book is assumed to be read by someone who understands basic english. If someone is wondering what &quot;circumstances&quot; and &quot;appropriate&quot; means, they need to go back to grade school.Second, uh...the ENTIRE PREMISE OF A DM BASED RPG IS TO ASK THE DM IF YOU CAN TRY/DO SOMETHING! That's kind of how it works...* ...I'll try and force the door open.* ...can I find a better price in town?* ...does it look possible to walk across?* ...I'm going to shoot it in the eye!See, ALL of those are &quot;DM, may I?&quot;. Every single one.To each his/her own. To me it sounds like you want a million-point list of &quot;appropriate circumstances&quot; for the DM to pick and choose when he &quot;builds encounters&quot;. Go for it. I'll stick to on-the-spot common sense rulings. You may as well be asking &quot;what are the appropriate circumstances for listening&quot; (insert &quot;fighting&quot;, &quot;talking&quot;, &quot;walking&quot;, &quot;sleeping&quot;, or just about any other &quot;-ing&quot; verb you can think of).The rule book isn't &quot;clear&quot; in the sense of it giving absolute's. It's clear in that is says &quot;here's some vague words for describing when you can try and Hide&quot;. This is a GOOD thing, imho. I'd rather have this than a million-plus list any day... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />When I DM, the circumstances in which I consider appropriate for hiding is this: &quot;when circumstances are appropriate for hiding&quot;. I mean, it honestly CAN'T get any more clear than that without resorting to, as I said, a million-plus list of absolute &quot;circumstances&quot;.^_^Paul L. Ming</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pming, post: 7219778, member: 45197"] Hiya! I'll try and make my 2¢ short... First part, it means exactly what it says. There's no way to parse "...circumstances are appropriate for hiding" into any more simpler form. You're asking the same thing as if you asked "...situations are good for making food". We could break down "situations" ("circumstances") into a several million point list, and we could break down "good" ("appropriate") into another several-million point list. But that would be silly. So lets just use the english language and use "circumstances" and "appropriate". The book is assumed to be read by someone who understands basic english. If someone is wondering what "circumstances" and "appropriate" means, they need to go back to grade school. Second, uh...the [I]ENTIRE PREMISE OF A DM BASED RPG IS TO ASK THE DM IF YOU CAN TRY/DO SOMETHING![/I] That's kind of how it works... [I]* ...I'll try and force the door open. * ...can I find a better price in town? * ...does it look possible to walk across? * ...I'm going to shoot it in the eye![/I] See, [I]ALL [/I]of those are "DM, may I?". Every single one. To each his/her own. To me it sounds like you [I]want[/I] a million-point list of "appropriate circumstances" for the DM to pick and choose when he "builds encounters". Go for it. I'll stick to on-the-spot common sense rulings. You may as well be asking "what are the appropriate circumstances for listening" (insert "fighting", "talking", "walking", "sleeping", or just about any other "-ing" verb you can think of). The rule book isn't "clear" in the sense of it giving absolute's. It's clear in that is says "here's some vague words for describing when you can try and Hide". This is a GOOD thing, imho. I'd rather have this than a million-plus list any day... ;) When I DM, the circumstances in which I consider appropriate for hiding is this: "when circumstances are appropriate for hiding". I mean, it honestly CAN'T get any more clear than that without resorting to, as I said, a million-plus list of absolute "circumstances". ^_^ Paul L. Ming [/QUOTE]

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